Dr. Sarah Schönbrodt-Stitt
Address:
Eberhard Karls University Tübingen
Soil Science and Geomorphology
Rümelinstraße 19-23
D-72070 Tübingen
Office: Room W503, Westbau
Tel.: +49(0)7071-29-74-054
Research Topics:
- Landscape Ecology in the Tropics and Subtropics
- Soil Geography and Soil Resources
- Soil erosion
- Soil Properties and Soil Mapping
- Ecological/Soil Erosion Modeling
- GIS
Regions:
- China
- Benin
- N-Namibia
- SW-Tunisia
Project:
YANGTZE-GEO Project (BMBF funded)
Research Area: Land Use Change - Soil Erosion - Mass Movements - Diffuse Matter Inputs
CV:
*14th Sept. 1981 in Eberswalde, Germany
Education:
| 05/2014 | PhD degree for thesis on 'Soil Erosion in a Highly Dynamic, Terraced Environment - The Effect of the Three Gorges Dam in China' [Dr. rer. nat.] |
2008 to 2014 | PhD student at the Chair of Physical Geography, Institute of Geography, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen, Germany; joint research project YANGTZE GEO (BMBF; grant no. 03 G 0669) |
2001 to 2008 | Studies of Geography (Physical Geography and Landscape Ecology), Geology, Bioclimatology and Environment- and Resources Economy at the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-University Greifswald and Georg-August-University Göttingen
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| 1994 to 2001 | Finow-Gymnasium in Eberswalde/Germany, General qualification for University Entrance |
Work experience:
| since 07/2012 | Researcher and coordinator of the second phase of the joint research project YANGTZE GEO (BMBF; grant no. 03 G 0827A) at the Institute of Geography, Chair of Physical Geography, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen |
| 07/2008 to 05/2011 | Researcher in the first phase of the joint research project YANGTZE GEO (BMBF; grant no. 03 G 0669) at the Institute of Geography, Chair of Physical Geography, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen |
02/2008 to 06/2008 | Graduate assistant of Prof. Dr. G. Gerold, Landscape Ecology Unit, Institute of Geography at the University of Göttingen |
10/2007 to 02/2008 | Graduate assistant in the research project IMPETUS, Institute of Geography at the University of Bonn |
07/2007 to 08/2007 | Student assistant in the coordination-office of the SFB 552- STORMA (Stability on Rainforest Margins in Indonesia) |
04/2006 to 07/2006 | Student assistant in the research project IMPETUS, Institute of Geography at the University of Bonn |
11/2004 to 12/2004 | Student assistant of Dr. Beate Michalzik (Junior Professorship in Soil Geography and Soil Ecology), Landscape Ecology Unit, Institute of Geography at the University of Göttingen |
Internships:
08/2004 to 10/2004 | Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), Dept. of Landscape Information Systems; Dr. W. Hierold |
04/2005 to 06/2005 | internship in regard to soil salinization and water management in the oasis Tozeur, South Tunisia together with the Research Centre for Date Palms in Dégache |
09/2005 to 11/2005 | partly DAAD-funded internship with the Water Management Desk of the DRFN (Desert Research Foundation of Namibia) and the Directorate of Rural Water Supply Oshakati, Namibia |
Memberships:
| DGB | Deutsche Bodenkundliche Gesellschaft (DBG) [German Soil Science Society] |
| GfUE | Förderverein Geographie für Umwelt und Entwicklung e.V. |
Field Experience:
2005 | 9-weeks fieldwork in Tozeur, SW-Tunisia |
13-weeks fieldwork with the DRFN in Namibia (partly DAAD-funded) | |
2006 | 11-weeks fieldwork with the BMBF-funded research project IMPETUS in Benin |
2001 to 2006 | Several short fieldtrips in Germany and excursions to Austria, Tunisia and Sweden |
2008 to 2012 | several weeks of fieldwork in the Xiangxi-Catchment, Central China, and laboratory work in Wuhan, Central China |
Teaching:
SS09 | HS Bodenerosion (with Prof. Dr. T. Scholten and Dipl. Geogr. C. Geißler) |
SS10 | HS Bodenerosion (with Prof. Dr. T. Scholten and Dipl. Geogr. C. Geißler) |
Publications:
Peer-reviewed articles
2017
Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Goebes, P., Behrens, T., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Wadoux, A., Xiang, W., Scholten, T. (2017): Uncertainty-guided sampling to improve digital soil maps. Catena 153, 30-38. doi: 10.1016/j.catena.2017.01.033
2016
Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Buzzo, G., Dumperth, C., Wadoux, A., Xiang, W., Scholten, T. (2016): Incorporating limited field operability and legacy soil samples in a Hypercube Sampling design for Digital Soil Mapping. J Plant Nutr Soil Sci 179, 499-509. doi: 10.1002/jpln.201500313
Stumpf, F., Goebes, P., Schmidt, K., Schindewolf, M., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Wadoux, A., Xiang, W., Scholten, T. (2016): Sediment reallocations due to erosive rainfall events in the Three Gorges Reservoir area, Central China. Land Degradation & Development. doi: 10.1002/ldr.2503
2015
Strehmel, A., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Buzzo, G., Dumperth, C., Stumpf F., Zimmermann, K., Bieger, K., Behrens, T., Schmidt, K., Bi, R., Rohn, J., Hill, J., Udelhoven, T., Wei, X., Shi, XZ., Cai, Q., Jiang, T., Fohrer, N., Scholten, T. (2015): Assessment of Geo-Hazards in a Rapidly Changing Landscape: The Three Gorges Reservoir Region in China. Environmental Earth Sciences, 74, 6, 4939-4960. doi: 10.1007/s12665-015-4503-7
2014
Strehmel, A., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Buzzo, G., Dumperth, C., Stumpf, F., Zimmermann, K., Bieger, K., Behrens, T., Schmidt, K., Bi, R., Rohn, J., Hill, J., Udelhoven, T., Wei, X., Shi, X.Z., Cai, Q., Jiang, T., Fohrer, N., Scholten, T., 2014. Assessment of Geo-Hazards in a Rapidly Changing Landscape: The Three Gorges Reservoir Region in China. Anthropocene (under review).
2013
Schönbrodt, S., Behrens, T., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., 2013. Degradation of cultivated bench terraces in the Three Gorges Area - field mapping and data mining. Ecological Indicators 34, 478-493. doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2013.06.010
Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Bosch, A., Behrens, T., Hartmann, H., Shi, X., Scholten, T., 2013. Approximation und Spatial Regionalization of Rainfall Erosivity based on Sparse Data in a Mountainous Catchment of the Yangtze River in Central China. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 20(10), 6917-6933. doi: 10.1007/s11356-012-1441-8
2012
Giertz, S., Steup, G., Schönbrodt, S., 2012. Use and constraints on the use of inland valley ecosystems in Central Benin: results from an inland valley survey. Erdkunde 66, 239-253. doi: 10.3112/erdkunde.2012.03.04
2010
Schönbrodt, S., Saumer, P., Behrens, T., Seeber, C., Scholten, T., 2010. Assessing the USLE Crop and Management Factor C for Soil Erosion Modeling in a Large Mountainous Watershed in Central China. Journal of Earth Science 21, 835-845. doi: 10.1007/s12583-010-0135-8
Schönbrodt, S., Behrens, T., Imbery, S., Scholten, T. 2010. Soil Erosion Modeling in Terraced Landscapes - examples from the Three-Gorges-Area, China.19th World Congress of Soil Science, 01.-06.August 2010, Brisbane (Australia), Conference Paper.
Giertz, S., Steup, G., Stadler, C., Schönbrodt, S., Diekkrüger, B., Goldbach, H., 2006. Analysis and Evaluation of the Agro-potential of Inland-Valleys in the Upper Ouémé catchment (Benin, West Africa). Tropentag 2006, Conference on International Agricultural Research for Development, University of Bon.
Other articles:
2014
Scholten, T., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., 2014. Der Drei-Schluchten-Staudamm am Yangtze - ökologische Auswirkungen in den angrenzenden Landschaftsräumen. Geographische Rundschau 4, 36-42. [Link]
2013
Subklew, G., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Scholten, T., Xiang, W., Wilken, R.D., 2013. Das "Yangtze-Projekt" - zehn Jahre erfolgreiche deutsch-chinesische Zusammenarbeit. Business Guide Deutschland China, 6th edition, 162-163, Wegweiser® Media & Conferences.
Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., 2013. Tübinger Forscher koordinieren geowissenschaftliche Forschungen am Yangtze. Forum der Geoökologie (VGöD) 24(1), 23-24.
Books:
2012
Subklew, G., Wei, X., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Scholten, T., 2012. Der Drei-Schluchten-Staudamm am Yangtze und seine ökologischen Implikationen - Eine Einführung. in: Thomas Scholten, Sarah Schönbrodt-Stitt (Hrsg.), Umweltforschung im Drei-Schluchten-Ökosystem in China - Ergebnisse der Forschungsarbeiten zur Risikoabschätzung von Bodenerosion, Hangrutschungen, diffusen Stoffeinträgen und Landnutzungswandel. Tübinger Geographische Studien 151, 1-10. ISBN 978-3-88121-089-8.
Scholten, T., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Subklew, G., 2012. Das Verbundprojekt YANGTZE-GEO. in: Thomas Scholten, Sarah Schönbrodt-Stitt (Hrsg.), Umweltforschung im Drei-Schluchten-Ökosystem in China - Ergebnisse der Forschungsarbeiten zur Risikoabschätzung von Bodenerosion, Hangrutschungen, diffusen Stoffeinträgen und Landnutzungswandel. Tübinger Geographische Studien 151, 11-18. ISBN 978-3-88121-089-8.
Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Scholten, T., 2012. Das Einzugsgebiet des Xiangxi. in: Thomas Scholten, Sarah Schönbrodt-Stitt (Hrsg.), Umweltforschung im Drei-Schluchten-Ökosystem in China - Ergebnisse der Forschungsarbeiten zur Risikoabschätzung von Bodenerosion, Hangrutschungen, diffusen Stoffeinträgen und Landnutzungswandel. Tübinger Geographische Studien 151, 19-26. ISBN 978-3-88121-089-8.
Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Behrens, T.,Shi, X., Scholten, T., 2012. GIS-basierte Erfassung und Analyse der Bodenerosion durch Wasser im Drei-Schluchten-Ökosystem. in: Thomas Scholten, Sarah Schönbrodt-Stitt (Hrsg.), Umweltforschung im Drei-Schluchten-Ökosystem in China - Ergebnisse der Forschungsarbeiten zur Risikoabschätzung von Bodenerosion, Hangrutschungen, diffusen Stoffeinträgen und Landnutzungswandel. Tübinger Geographische Studien 151, 27-83. ISBN 978-3-88121-089-8.
Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Behrens, T.,Bieger, K., Ehret, D., Frei, M., Xia, Y., Hörmann, G., Seeber, C., Schleier, M., Bi, R., Wiegand, M., Schmalz, B.,Fohrer, N., Cai, Q., Kaufmann, H., King, L.,Rohn, J.,Subklew, G., Wei, X., Shi, X., Scholten, T., 2012. Umweltforschung im Drei-Schluchten-Ökosystem in China - Eine Synthese. In: Thomas Scholten, Sarah Schönbrodt-Stitt (Hrsg.),Umweltforschung im Drei-Schluchten-Ökosystem in China - Ergebnisse der Forschungsarbeiten zur Risikoabschätzung von Bodenerosion, Hangrutschungen, diffusen Stoffeinträgen und Landnutzungswandel. Tübinger Geographische Studien 151, 283-291. ISBN 978-3-88121-089-8.
2008
Giertz, S., Schönbrodt, S., 2008. Geomorphology of Benin. In: Judex, M., Thamm, H.P. (Eds.), IMPETUS Atlas Benin. Research Results 2000 - 2007. Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Germany. p. 63-64
Giertz, S., Steup, G., Sintondji, L., Gbaguidi, F., Schönbrodt, S., 2008. Survey of Inland Valleys in the Upper Ouémé Catchment.in: Judex, M.,Thamm,H.P. (Eds.), IMPETUS Atlas Benin. Research Results 2000 - 2007. Department of Geography, University of Bonn, Germany. p. 99-100
Abstracts/Posters /Talks
2014
Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Scholten, T., 2014. Erosionsmodellierung in Zentralchina - Digital Soil Mapping auf Basis eines modifizierten Latin Hypercube Samplings und Random Forest zur Parameterabschätzung. Arbeitskreis Theorie und Quantitative Methoden in der Geographie Tübingen 2014, Theorie - Modell - Anwendung, 27.02.-01.03.2014, Universität Tübingen.
Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Buzzo, G., Dumperth, C., Wadoux, A., Scholten, T., 2014. Integrating legacy soil information in a Digital Soil Mapping approach based on a modified conditioned Latin Hypercube Sampling design. submitted to EGU General Assembly 2014, 27 April-02 May 2014, Vienna, Austria.
Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Buzzo, G., Dumperth, C., Wadoux, A., Scholten, T., 2014. Integrating legacy soil information in a Digital Soil Mapping approach based on a modified conditioned Latin Hypercube Sampling design. submitted to the EGU - SSS Conference ELS 2014 The Earth Living Skin: Soil, Life and Climate Changes, 22-25 September 2014. accepted for oral presentation
2013
Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Scholten, T., 2013. The Three Gorges Dam at the Yangtze River and its ecological implications. Meeting of Matariki Network of Universities 2013 "Disaster Preparedness, Response and Resilience", 28-30th April 2013, University of Durham, UK.
Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Scholten, T., 2013. Bodenerosionsmodellierung in einem kleinen Gebirgseinzugsgebiet im Reservoir des Drei-Schluchten-Staudamms. Workshop der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft "Möglichkeiten modellgestützter Bodenerosionsermittlung - Anwendung des Modells Erosion 3D", 13.-15. März 2013, Berlin-Spandau.
Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Althaus, P., Renneng Bi, Bieger, K., Buzzo, G., Dumperth, C., Fohrer, N., Rohn, J., Strehmel, A., Udelhoven, T., Xiang, W. Zimmermann, K., Scholten, T., 2013. Studying and understanding the environmental impacts of the Three Gorges Dam in China. EGU General Assembly 2013, Geophysical Research Abstracts 15, EGU2013-6013, 07-12 April 2013, Vienna, Austria.
Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Stumpf, F., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Xiang, W., Scholten, T., 2013. Ökologische Implikationen des Drei-Schluchten-Staudamms in China. Deutscher Geographentag 2013, Passau.
Stumpf, F., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Scholten, T., 2013. Erosion modeling in Central China: soil data acquisition by conditioned Latin Hypercube sampling and incorporation of legacy data. EGU General Assembly 2013, Geophysical Research Abstracts 15, EGU2013-4233-1, 07-12 April 2013, Vienna, Austria.
Stumpf, F., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Scholten, T., 2013. Erosion modeling in Central China: soil data acquisition by conditioned Latin Hypercube sampling and incorporation of legacy data. Digital Soil Mapping Workshop, 11-12 April 2013, Tübingen, Germany.
Stumpf, F., Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Scholten, T., 2013. Erosionsmodellierung in Zentralchina: Conditioned Latin Hypercube Sampling als Grundlage für eine Bodenlandschaftsmodellierung. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Bodenkundlichen Gesellschaft 2013, Kommission V / Thema 7 (Digital Soil Mapping), 07.-12. September 2013, Rostock.
2012
Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Schmidt, K, Behrens, T., Scholten, T., 2012. Terrace – Analysis and prediction of the condition of farming terraces in the area of the Three Gorges Dam. Digital Soil Mapping Workshop 06-0 September 2012, Tübingen.
Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Scholten, T., 2012. Does agricultural intensification cause terrace degradation? Eurosoil 2012, Abstract n. 2236 (ID internet n. 19531), EUROSOIL2012, 2-7 July 2012, Bari, Italy.
Schönbrodt-Stitt, S., Schmidt, K., Stumpf, F., Althaus, P., Bi, R., Bieger, K., Dumperth, C., Fohrer, N., Rohn, J., Strehmel, A., Subklew, G., Udelhoven, T., Xiang Wei, Zimmermann, K., Scholten, T., 2012. YANGTZE GEO: The Three Gorges Dam - Environmental research at the Yangtze River. IALE-D Jahrestagung 2012, 24-26 October 2012, Eberswalde, Germany.
Schönbrodt, S., Behrens, T., Bieger, K., Ehret, D., Frei, M., Hörmann, G., Seeber, C., Schleier, M., Schmalz, B., Fohrer, N., Kaufmann, H., King, L., Rohn, J., Subklew, G., Xiang, W., Scholten, T., 2012. The German-Chinese research collaboration YANGTZE-GEO: Assessing the geo-risks in the Three Gorges Reservoir area. EGU General Assembly 2012, Geophysical Research Abstracts 14, EGU2012-9329, 22-27 April 2012, Vienna, Austria.
2011
Schönbrodt, S., Behrens, T., Bieger, K., Ehret, D., Frei, M., Hörmann, G., Seeber, C., Schleier, M., Schmalz, B., Fohrer, N., Kaufmann, H., King, L., Rohn, J., Subklew, G., Xiang, W., Scholten, T.2011. Ecosystemchanges due to riverimpoundment by the Three Gorges Dam in Central China. Workshop Processes in the Yangtze River System - Experiences and Perspectives. 28.-29.11.2011, Aachen.in: Küppers, S., Subklew, G., Wilken, R.D. (Eds.), Processes in the Yangtze River System – Experiences and Perspectives. Energie und Umwelt Band 123, 38
Schönbrodt, S., Schmidt, K., Behrens, T., Scholten, T.2011. The Impact of the Three Gorges Project on Man-made Terraces (China). Workshop Processes in the Yangtze River System - Experiences and Perspectives. 28.-29.11.2011, Aachen.in: KÜPPERS S, SUBKLEW G, WILKEN RD. (Hrsg.). Processes in the Yangtze River System – Experiences and Perspectives.Energie und Umwelt Band 123, 38
Schönbrodt, S., Behrens, T., Schmidt, K., Scholten, T., 2011. Modellierung von Terrassen als Erosionsschutz im Gebiet des Drei-Schluchten-Staudamms (China). Mitteilgn. Dtsch. Bodenkundl. Gesellsch. Online
2010
Scholten, T., Behrens, T., Fohrer, N., Kaufmann, H., King, L., Rohn, J., Schönbrodt, S., Subklew, G., Xiang, W., 2010. The Yangtze Project: Studying Land Use Change, Soil Erosion, Mass Movements and Diffuse Matter Fluxes in a Highly Dynamic Ecosystem. EcoChange Conference, 8-14. September 2010, Kiel, Book of Abstracts 48.
Schönbrodt, S., Behrens, T., Scholten, T. 2010. Soil properties and soil erodibility in the Xiangxi catchment. EcoChange Conference, 8-14 September 2010, Kiel, Book of Abstracts 49-50.
Schönbrodt, S., Behrens, T., Scholten, T., 2010. Three Gorges Reservoir Area: soil erosion under natural condition vs. soil erosion under current land use. Geophysical Research Abstracts 12, EGU2010-13154, EGU General Assembly 2010.
Schönbrodt, S., Behrens, T., Imbery, S., Scholten, T., 2010. Modeling the erosion risk potential induced by terraces and their condition in a highly dynamic watershed close to the Three-Gorges-Dam.6th Alexander von Humboldt International Conference "Climate Change, Natural Hazards, and Societies", Mérida (Mexico), 14-19 March 2010.
2009
Schönbrodt, S., Behrens, T., Imbery, S., Scholten, T. 2009. A conceptual Terrace-Condition-Erosion model to assess soil erosion on farming terraces induced by their condition.13. Workshop zur Großskaligen Hydrologischen Modellierung, Hydrologische Modellierung zur Bewertung von Ökosystemdienstleistungen und Landschaftsfunktionen, 25.-27. November 2009, Dresden.
Schönbrodt, S., Behrens, T., Imbery, S., Scholten, T., 2009. GIS-based assessment and analysis of soil erosion by water in the Three-Gorges Ecosystem – A new approach to model soil erosion on farming terraces by their condition. DBG Jahrestagung 2009 Bonn.
Scholten, T., Behrens, T., Kaufmann, H., King, L., Rohn, J., Schönbrodt, S., Subklew, G., Xiang, W., 2009. Three-Gorges-Dam: Studying the ecological impacts in a highly dynamic Ecosystem. Geophysical Research Abstracts 11, EGU2009-0, 2009, EGU General Assembly 2009 Abstract
Schönbrodt, S., Behrens, T., Scholten, T., 2009. GIS-based assessment and analysis of soil erosion by water in the Three-Gorges ecosystem. Geophysical Research Abstracts 11, EGU2009-10715, 2009, EGU General Assembly 2009 Abstract
Schönbrodt, S., Behrens, T., Imbery, S., Scholten, T., 2009. GIS-based analysis and assessment of soil erosion by water in the Three-Gorges-Ecosystem, P. R. China. Deutschland und China - Gemeinsam in Bewegung, 10 Years Sino-German Yangtze Research Cooperation, Workshop IV: Environmental Impacts of the Yangtze Three Gorges Project: Land Use Change, Soil Erosion and Mass Movements, Wuhan (China), 24-30 October 2009.
2006
Mazambani, C., Schönbrodt, S., 2006. Water Supply: a Gift from God or does it come with a cost? World Water Week 2006, Stockholm, Sweden.